Kırşehir
▪ Turkey
also spelled Kirshehr,
city, central Turkey. It lies along a tributary of the Kızıl River at an elevation of 3,248 feet (990 metres). It may have ...

Kırşehir rug
handwoven floor covering, usually in a prayer design and made in Kırşehir (Kirshehr), a town between Ankara and Kayseri in central Turkey. The typical Kırşehir prayer rug ...

Kirst, Hans Hellmut
▪ German writer
born Dec. 5, 1914, Osterode, Ger.
died Feb. 23, 1989, Bremen, W.Ger.
West German novelist who wrote more than 40 popular novels, mainly political ...

Kirstein, Lincoln
▪ American dance patron, writer, and businessman
in full Lincoln Edward Kirstein
born May 4, 1907, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.
died Jan. 5, 1996, New York, ...

Kirstein, Lincoln (Edward)
born May 4, 1907, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.
died Jan. 5, 1996, New York, N.Y.
U.S. dance authority, impresario, and writer.
He graduated from Harvard, where he founded the literary ...

Kita-Ibaraki
▪ Japan
city, northern Ibaraki ken (prefecture), east-central Honshu, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean. The western part of the city occupies hills that slope ...

Kita-Kyūshū
▪ Japan
(Japanese: North Kyushu), city, Fukuoka ken (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan, on the Shimonoseki and Tsushima straits. It was created in 1963 by the amalgamation of the ...

Kitabatake Chikafusa
▪ Japanese statesman
born , 1293, Japan
died May 10, 1354, Anō, Yamato Province, Japan
Japanese warrior, statesman, and author of the influential ...

Kitahara Hakushū
▪ Japanese poet
original name Kitahara Ryūkichi
born Jan. 25, 1885, Fukuoka, Japan
died Nov. 2, 1942, Tokyo
Japanese poet who was a major influence in ...

Kitaj, R(onald) B(rooks)
born Oct. 29, 1932, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, U.S.
U.S.-born British painter.
He studied in New York City, Vienna, Oxford, and London. In the 1960s he was a prominent member of the ...

Kitchener
/kich"euh neuhr/, n.
1. Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome), 1850-1916, English field marshal and statesman.
2. a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada. ...

Kitchener, H(oratio) H(erbert)
later Earl Kitchener (of Khartoum and of Broome)
born June 24, 1850, near Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ire.
died June 5, 1916, at sea off Orkney Islands
British field marshal and ...

Kitchener,Horatio Herbert
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert. First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome. 1850-1916.
British soldier and colonial administrator who led Egyptian troops in the retaking of the ...